pandemic Experts

Michelle Kelly, PhD

Co-director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment and Professor | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of NursingVillanova University

Michelle Kelly, PhD, CRNP, is an expert in children's health, neonatal intensive care and long-term health effects of premature birth.

Brian Wolshon

Edward A. and Karen Wax Schmitt Distinguished Professor of EngineeringLouisiana State University

Internationally recognized expert on emergency and evacuation traffic planning and management

Walter Fernando Balser

Clinical Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Walter Fernando Balser explores technology, leadership and learning across emerging systems and decentralized futures.

Allen Friedland, M.D., MACP, FAAP

Section Chief of Medicine-PediatricsChristianaCare

Dr. Allen Friedland specializes in medical education and primary care in internal medicine and pediatrics.

Paula Lemons

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Innovation | Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

Transforming the curricular and academic environment

Santanu Datta

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Santanu Datta's current research is focused in the areas of lung cancer screening, smoking cessation and adolescent vaping.

Kara Bentley, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Rene Przkora

Professor | Chief | Director | M.D.University of Florida

Dr. Rene Przkora is an expert on pain medicine and researches nonopioid alternatives and advanced pain interventions.

Kiel Brennan-Marquez

Professor and William T. Golden ScholarUniversity of Connecticut

Prof. Brennan-Marquez is an expert on human judgment and the role of courts in the age of big data and algorithmic decision-making.

Professor Mark Fielder

Professor of Medical MicrobiologyKingston University

His work explores the nature of viruses, antimicrobial resistance, and public perceptions of vaccines and antibiotics.